Deep Dive
List of Deep Dive articles
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An illustration shows Taylor Swift with her arms outstretched over a globe. Jewels, money, friendship bracelets, and other bits of Eras Tour ephemera rain down around her. How Taylor Swift Inc. Took Over the World
The Eras Tour has laid bare just how powerful the popstar’s gravitational pull is.
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A sailor is seen from a distance, standing atop a submarine as it floats in the water. A large battleship can be seen in the background against a gray cloudy sky. Rewriting the Rules of Submarine Stealth
Does the landmark AUKUS deal make sense in an age of increased ocean transparency?
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An illustration shows the large face of Vladimir Putin. A red wedge cuts across one of his eyes. Inside the wedge is a walking Donald Trump giving the thumbs up sign. The Enduring Mystery of Trump’s Relationship With Russia
After years of government investigations, we still don’t know if the former president is actually in Putin’s pocket.
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An aerial view of a long line of migrants walking through the jungle. How Migration Became a U.S. Foreign-Policy Priority
The Biden administration quietly helped develop a regional strategy to tackle the issue. Can it survive the U.S. election?
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A photo collage illustration shows Chinese leader Xi Jinping walking down red-carpeted stairs. At left are two sparring hawks. Behind him is the US Capitol and Donald Trump with his hand to his face. At lower right are two Chinese protesters. How Does the U.S.-China ‘Cold War’ End?
Republicans are divided on whether regime change in Beijing should be the ultimate goal.
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A Ukrainian border guard in a camouflaged uniform faces a yellow and white Ukrzaliznytsia diesel train and a red Polish SKPL transport company train on two sets of railroad tracks in Rava-Ruska, Ukraine. Ukraine Lays Its Tracks to Europe
By expanding its railways, Kyiv hopes to tie its fate to the rest of the continent.
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A man in a tank top and shorts carries a sack on his shoulder up a bare mine hillside. Other workers are seen dotting the landscape behind him. In the distance are green hills and houses in a rolling landscape. The Problem With ‘Conflict-Free’ Minerals
How traceability schemes have wound up hurting Congo’s people.
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A steel worker takes an iron sample from a blast furnace, surrounded by molten iron. How Steel Built the Modern Economy
And how it might yet save it.
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A drawn illustration of a weapon in the middle of a maze with pieces from the supply chain scattered throughout Russia’s War Machine Runs on Western Parts
Despite sanctions, Moscow is still importing critical weapon components from the U.S. and Europe.
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El Salvador's president Nayib Bukele, wearing clear plastic goggles and a black zip-up jacket, spreads his arms enthusiastically as he speaks during a joint news conference. He stands behind a podium and in front of U.S. and Salvadoran flags. Bukele’s Bitcoin Mess and the U.S.-Backed Bank That Enabled It
The United States has supported the so-called dictators’ bank to rival China in Central America—and funded El Salvador’s authoritarian descent in the process.
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Union workers listen to U.S. President Joe Biden speak during a visit to a semiconductor manufacturer in Durham, North Carolina. Who Will Make the Chips?
The U.S. is betting billions on its semiconductor push, but it needs more people for the factory floors.
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Latvian President Egils Levits, Slovakian President Zuzana Caputova, U.S. President Joe Biden, Polish President Andrzej Duda, and other participants leave the podium after posing for a group photo in Warsaw. Ukraine Has Shifted Europe’s East-West Fault Line
Eastern Europe is in the driver’s seat. The West should buckle up.
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Chinese graduates throw their hats into the sky after a commencement ceremony. Lost in Translation
What happens when academic exchanges between the world’s biggest superpowers collapse?
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Ukrainian soldiers train outside Kyiv How Ukraine Learned to Fight
Russia’s full-scale war started a year ago. Ukraine’s military started slashing its Soviet roots long before.
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US China Hawk in Washington Washington’s China Hawks Take Flight
The story of how decades of U.S. engagement with China gave way to estrangement.
